Stephen Merrill

Died sometime before June 4, 1755.

38. STEPHEN8 MERRILL (DANIEL7 +MERRILL, NATHANIEL6 *MERRILL, NATHANIEL5, JOHN4 *MERRELL, THE YOUNGER, JOHN3 *MERYELL, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born September 15, 1688 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, and died June 4, 1755 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass. He married (1) MARY CARR July 20, 1710 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, daughter of JAMES CARR and MARY SEARS. She was born December 15, 1678 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, and died June 27, 1744 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass. He married (2) MARY HARDY 1745 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass. She was born Abt. 1690 in Kensington, N.H., and died November 4, 1747 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass.

Notes for STEPHEN MERRILL: Court of General Sessions:26 september 1706, Dorothy Straw acc Stephen Merrill of Salisbury 40s, Stephen Merrill of Salisbury; maintenance of Dorothy Straws daughter.

Children of STEPHEN MERRILL and MARY CARR are: 147. i. DANIEL9 MERRILL, b. April 15, 1711, Salisbury, MA; d. Unknown. 148. ii. STEPHEN MERRILL, b. January 29, 1712/13, Salisbury, MA; d. November 24, 1793, Salisbury, MA. iii. AARON MERRILL, b. January 2, 1714/15, Salisbury, Essex, Mass; d. September 16, 1716, Salisbury, Essex, Mass. iv. ELIZABETH MERRILL, b. July 3, 1717, Salisbury, MA; d. Unknown; m. THOMAS EDMUNDS, May 25, 1740; b. Bef. 1717; d. Unknown. v. AARON MERRILL, b. August 10, 1719, Salisbury, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown; m. (1) BETTY MUGREDGE, May 24, 1744, Amesbury, Essex, Mass; b. Aft. 1719; d. July 11, 1773; m. (2) RHODA OSGOOD, December 12, 1773, Salisbury, Essex, Mass; b. Aft. 1719; d. Unknown.

Notes for AARON MERRILL: From " A Merrill Memorial" by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA 1917-1928

Aaron(4) b. 10 Aug 1710; lived Amesbury, MA; shipwright; bought land in Oct 1744 at Webster Point, bounded by the Merrimack and Powow Rives, for a ship-yard; m.24 May 1744, in Amesbury, Betty Mjggridge (or Moggaridge) of Salisbury, prob. a widow, sho d. 11 Jul 1773, in Salisbury, and he prob. m. (2) Rhoda Osgood. Whether h had children is not ascertained.

vi. JOSHUA MERRILL, b. February 20, 1720/21, Salisbury, MA; d. December 30, 1737, Salisbury, MA. vii. EZRA MERRILL, b. April 24, 1723, Salisbury, MA; d. June 19, 1745, Cape Breton, ME.